The Dead Christ with Angels
1864 oil painting by Édouard Manet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dead Christ with Angels is an 1864 oil painting by French painter Édouard Manet. The painting depicts the biblical story (John 20:12) of Mary Magdalene entering the tomb of Jesus and seeing two angels but finding Jesus's body missing.[1][2] It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Le Christ mort et les anges | |
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English: The Dead Christ with Angels | |
Artist | Édouard Manet |
Year | 1864 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 179.4 cm × 149.9 cm (70 5/8 in × 59 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Manet seldom chose to paint images with religious meaning, and he tended to focus on contemporary subjects. John Hunisak speculates that Manet may have wanted to display a religious work in the 1864 Salon because of the negative reaction he had received for his recent paintings of modern subjects.[3] Manet may have hoped, Hunisak suggests, that the more traditional topic, with a contemporary twist, would please his supporters and critics alike.